MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
evolvements in
digital education technology enable
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning organizations
are having to attend to
today because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can learners
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Guernsey to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
get a handle on
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
endeavours.
Everybody wants
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
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